Is it possible just to install LibreOffice Writer & LibreOffice Calc only ?

[Member mikey777]

I don’t need a full LibreOffice suite on a single-core Intel Atom netbook, as only Writer and Calc
(spreadsheet) is used. I would like to save a bit on drive space.

Therefore:
1. Is it possible to install just Writer & Calc, rather than the entire LibreOffice package?
2. Would installing only these two elements, rather than the whole package, save a significant amount of disk space?
(I suspect the answer to this is it might not make a difference as the same list of dependencies are needed
whether a full or partial LibreOffice package is used – is this correct)

Any help with this is much appreciated – many thanks in advance.

• This topic was modified 3 years, 5 months ago by mikey777.
• This topic was modified 3 years, 5 months ago by mikey777.
• This topic was modified 3 years, 5 months ago by mikey777.

▪ 32-bit antix19.4-core+LXDE installed on :
- (2011) Samsung NP-N145 Plus (JP04UK) – single-core CPU Intel Atom N455@1.66GHz, 2GB RAM, integrated graphics.
▪ 64-bit antix21-base+LXDE installed on:
- (2008) Asus X71Q (7SC002) – dual CPU Intel T3200@2.0GHz, 4GB RAM. Graphics: Intel Mobile 4 Series, integrated graphics
- (2007) Packard Bell Easynote MX37 (ALP-Ajax C3) – dual CPU Intel T2310@1.46GHz, 2GB RAM. Graphics: Silicon Integrated Systems.

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What is your system?
Is it from antiX-19_x64-base.iso ?

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$ sudo apt install libreoffice-writer libreoffice-calc
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  coinor-libcbc3 coinor-libcgl1 coinor-libclp1 coinor-libcoinmp1v5
  coinor-libcoinutils3v5 coinor-libosi1v5 libabw-0.1-1 libboost-atomic1.67.0
  libboost-chrono1.67.0 libboost-date-time1.67.0 libboost-filesystem1.67.0
  libboost-iostreams1.67.0 libboost-locale1.67.0 libboost-system1.67.0
  libboost-thread1.67.0 libclucene-contribs1v5 libclucene-core1v5
  libcmis-0.5-5v5 libcolamd2 libe-book-0.1-1 libeot0 libepubgen-0.1-1
  libetonyek-0.1-1 libexttextcat-2.0-0 libexttextcat-data libgpgme11
  libgpgmepp6 libharfbuzz-icu0 liblangtag-common liblangtag1 libmhash2
  libmwaw-0.3-3 libmythes-1.2-0 libneon27-gnutls libnumbertext-1.0-0
  libnumbertext-data libodfgen-0.1-1 liborcus-0.14-0 libraptor2-0 librasqal3
  librdf0 libreoffice-base-core libreoffice-common libreoffice-core
  libreoffice-style-colibre libreoffice-style-tango librevenge-0.0-0
  libstaroffice-0.0-0 libsuitesparseconfig5 libwpd-0.10-10 libwpg-0.3-3
  libwps-0.4-4 libxmlsec1 libxmlsec1-nss libyajl2 lp-solve uno-libs3 ure
Suggested packages:
  raptor2-utils rasqal-utils librdf-storage-postgresql librdf-storage-mysql
  librdf-storage-sqlite librdf-storage-virtuoso redland-utils libreoffice-base
  ocl-icd-libopencl1 | mesa-opencl-icd | beignet-opencl-icd tango-icon-theme
  fonts-crosextra-caladea fonts-crosextra-carlito libreoffice-java-common
  default-jre | sun-java6-jre | java6-runtime | jre java5-runtime
Recommended packages:
  fonts-liberation2 | ttf-mscorefonts-installer apparmor python3-uno
  libpaper-utils libreoffice-math
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  coinor-libcbc3 coinor-libcgl1 coinor-libclp1 coinor-libcoinmp1v5
  coinor-libcoinutils3v5 coinor-libosi1v5 libabw-0.1-1 libboost-atomic1.67.0
  libboost-chrono1.67.0 libboost-date-time1.67.0 libboost-filesystem1.67.0
  libboost-iostreams1.67.0 libboost-locale1.67.0 libboost-system1.67.0
  libboost-thread1.67.0 libclucene-contribs1v5 libclucene-core1v5
  libcmis-0.5-5v5 libcolamd2 libe-book-0.1-1 libeot0 libepubgen-0.1-1
  libetonyek-0.1-1 libexttextcat-2.0-0 libexttextcat-data libgpgme11
  libgpgmepp6 libharfbuzz-icu0 liblangtag-common liblangtag1 libmhash2
  libmwaw-0.3-3 libmythes-1.2-0 libneon27-gnutls libnumbertext-1.0-0
  libnumbertext-data libodfgen-0.1-1 liborcus-0.14-0 libraptor2-0 librasqal3
  librdf0 libreoffice-base-core libreoffice-calc libreoffice-common
  libreoffice-core libreoffice-style-colibre libreoffice-style-tango
  libreoffice-writer librevenge-0.0-0 libstaroffice-0.0-0
  libsuitesparseconfig5 libwpd-0.10-10 libwpg-0.3-3 libwps-0.4-4 libxmlsec1
  libxmlsec1-nss libyajl2 lp-solve uno-libs3 ure
0 upgraded, 60 newly installed, 0 to remove and 69 not upgraded.
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After this operation, 359 MB of additional disk space will be used.
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as a subsequent step —-v

$ sudo apt install libreoffice
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  libcdr-0.1-1 libfreehand-0.1-1 libmspub-0.1-1 libpagemaker-0.0-0
  libpython3.7 libqxp-0.0-0 libreoffice-avmedia-backend-gstreamer
  libreoffice-base libreoffice-base-drivers libreoffice-draw
  libreoffice-impress libreoffice-math libreoffice-report-builder-bin
  libvisio-0.1-1 libzmf-0.0-0 python3-uno
Suggested packages:
  cups-bsd ghostscript gpa hyphen-hyphenation-patterns imagemagick
  | graphicsmagick-imagemagick-compat libreoffice-gnome | libreoffice-kde5
  libreoffice-grammarcheck libreoffice-help libreoffice-l10n
  myspell-dictionary mythes-thesaurus openclipart2-libreoffice
  | openclipart-libreoffice pstoedit unixodbc gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad default-jre | sun-java6-jre | java6-runtime | jre
  libsane libreoffice-officebean libreoffice-report-builder libjtds-java
  libreoffice-mysql-connector | libmyodbc | libmariadb-java
  libreoffice-sdbc-postgresql | odbc-postgresql | libpg-java libsqliteodbc
  | tdsodbc | mdbtools bluez
Recommended packages:
  fonts-crosextra-caladea fonts-crosextra-carlito fonts-liberation
  fonts-liberation2 fonts-linuxlibertine fonts-noto-core fonts-noto-mono
  fonts-noto-ui-core fonts-sil-gentium-basic libreoffice-librelogo
  libreoffice-nlpsolver libreoffice-report-builder
  libreoffice-script-provider-bsh libreoffice-script-provider-js
  libreoffice-script-provider-python libreoffice-sdbc-postgresql
  libreoffice-wiki-publisher libreoffice-java-common gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad
  default-jre | sun-java6-jre | java6-runtime | jre libreoffice-sdbc-hsqldb
  libreoffice-sdbc-firebird
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libcdr-0.1-1 libfreehand-0.1-1 libmspub-0.1-1 libpagemaker-0.0-0
  libpython3.7 libqxp-0.0-0 libreoffice libreoffice-avmedia-backend-gstreamer
  libreoffice-base libreoffice-base-drivers libreoffice-draw
  libreoffice-impress libreoffice-math libreoffice-report-builder-bin
  libvisio-0.1-1 libzmf-0.0-0 python3-uno
0 upgraded, 17 newly installed, 0 to remove and 69 not upgraded.
Need to get 10.3 MB of archives.
After this operation, 40.8 MB of additional disk space will be used.
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So, just libreoffice-writer libreoffice-calc
^—v
359 MB
vs adding the full libreoffice metapackage, which adds a further additional 41MB

FWIW, after installing, to pare down the disk space footprint, you can
sudo ncdu /usr/lib/libreoffice/share
drill-down into the contents of the gallery/ subdirectory
and, from within ncdu, you can press “d” to delete any unwanted items among the 15MB or so of samples and examples (“d” raises a confirmation prompt, must confirm to proceed with a deletion operation)

Within the /usr/lib/libreoffice/share/autocorr/ directory, you can selectively pare
about 1MB worth of acor_*.dat files (files for locales that are alien to users on your system)

While chasing “bloat”, you might also
sudo ncdu /usr/share/icons
and selectively delete subdirectories therein
or manually nix ’em via rm commands.
The following are lines excerpted from my personal cleanup script.
IIRC, removing these frees 35–40MB

sudo rm -rf /usr/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/*
sudo rm -rf /usr/share/icons/hicolor/384x384/*
sudo rm -rf /usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/*
sudo rm -rf /usr/share/icons/papirus-antix/64x64/*
sudo rm -rf /usr/share/icons/papirus-antix/48x48/*
sudo rm -rf/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/512x512/*
sudo rm -rf/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/256x256/*
sudo rm -rf/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/96x96/*
sudo rm -rf/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/64x64/*
sudo rm -rf/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/48x48/*

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A fantastic reply skidoo – thankyou for taking the time over your detailed & informative reply.
Yes, tried antiX 19 32-bit, but decided to stick with 17.4.1 (base version) for now as it seems to run better.

So from what you said, it’s 359MB (Calc & Writer) vs ~400MB (complete package), which means
not a lot of memory saved … many thanks again for this.

• This reply was modified 3 years, 5 months ago by mikey777.

▪ 32-bit antix19.4-core+LXDE installed on :
- (2011) Samsung NP-N145 Plus (JP04UK) – single-core CPU Intel Atom N455@1.66GHz, 2GB RAM, integrated graphics.
▪ 64-bit antix21-base+LXDE installed on:
- (2008) Asus X71Q (7SC002) – dual CPU Intel T3200@2.0GHz, 4GB RAM. Graphics: Intel Mobile 4 Series, integrated graphics
- (2007) Packard Bell Easynote MX37 (ALP-Ajax C3) – dual CPU Intel T2310@1.46GHz, 2GB RAM. Graphics: Silicon Integrated Systems.

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